Improvement in match-safes



L G. -WARREN.

MATCH-SAFE, Y No.173,195. Patented Feb. 8,1876,

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N. PETERS, FNOTILLJTMDGRAPMER, WASHINGTON D O UNITED STATES PATENT Grrztoa.

JAMES e. WARREN, oF PRovInENoE, nnonn ISLAND.

IMPROVEMENT m MATCH-"SAFES'.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 173, [95 dated February 8, 1876; application filed January 7, 1876.

To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES G'r. WARREN, of the city and county of Providence, State of Rhode Island, have invented new and useful Improvements in Match-Safes; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved safe, showing the same open. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention has reference to a receptacle for matches or other articles, in which two receptacles are so connected that by openingone the other is pushed out, and thus the two are opened simultaneously; and consists in connecting a segmental cover in such a manner with the lower'drawer and receptacle that, in pushing back the cover, the lower receptacle or drawer is pushed out, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

In the drawings, a a is a box'madeof any suitable material, and provided with segmental ends, in which 'asegmental cover may slide. 1) is the fixed upper receptacle, forming a part of the box a a. c is a drawer, forming the lower receptacle. d is the segmantal cover, swinging on bearings or pins secured to the segmental ends of the safe. 0 c are segmental gears secured to or cast in one piece with the segmental'cover 01. These segmental gears engage in a toothed rack, forming the sides of the lower receptacle or drawer. g g are the pivots or bearings in which the cover at swings.

The cover d'is provided with a roughened surface on top, presented when closed, and also with a roughened edge, ff, presented when open, and also with a projecting lip, to facilitate the opening and closing of the cover.

When the cover 01 is closed, the whole presents an agreeable and substantial appearance, indicating at a glance the use for which it is intended.

- When the-cover is swung back, the segmental gear engages with the rack, formingthe sides of the lower receptacle, and pushes the same'out in front, so that both the receptacles b and c are open. Matches or other articles may be placed therein or removed therefrom. v

If used for a match-safe, the matches may be placed into either one of the receptacles,

and the burned matches in the other. A con I venient surface for rubbing the matches is presented at f, where a projection is made on the cover, the surface of which is roughened,

and arranged to assume a vertical position when the cover is open.

On closing the cover 01, the'segmental gears draw in the drawer or receptacle 0, so that when either is closed the whole will close, and present a neat and finished appearance.

This safe may be conveniently used and arranged for a jewel-casket or a toilet-case, and a lock may be placed so as to secure the cover, or the lock may secure the drawer; in either case both receptacles will be secured by one look.

I am aware that match-safes have been constructed so that the raising of the cover either pushed out a receptacle for the burned matches, or opened such a receptacle by means the drawer 0, provided with the rack -gear,

substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination of the case a a,provided with segmental ends, the-fixed receptacle b, and the sliding receptacle 0, connected with the cover d by means of the segmental gears e c and 'rackgear, arranged and operating substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

, JAMES G. WARREN. Witnesses:

JOSEPH A. MILLER, HORACE F. HORTON. 

